Traveler&#39;s iron



Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

UNITED STATES Pa'rrrr- OFFICE..

HEIEIRY XREISHELD, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T.O WESTINGHOUSE LEC- BIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, A'CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN.

TRAVELERS IRON.

irons, and it has for its object to provide ap paratus of the character designated which shall be of-simple, durable and rugged construction, which shall have simple and novel means for holding the handle member in operative position on the iron. and which shall ypermit of being easily and quickly disassembled.

. More specifically, my invention provides an electric sad iron having a working member, a clamping plate, an. electric heating element, the contact terminals of which are mounted on the clamping plate, and means for securing the clamping plate against the working member. A cover member isV pro* vided for said working member and is held l in oplerative relation to said working member y means of a single bolt. A handle member is provided with a supporting strap which is held inoperative relationtoysaid cover by meansof a slot in said strap cooperating with an annular groove in the head of the cover bolt. -Integral projections on the cover engage co-operating depressions in the strap to prevent displacerment of the handle during operation of thev iron. A contact socket is provided with a spring member so that it may be` mounted on the supporting strap when operatively associatedv with `the contact terminals, this method of mounting operating to prevent displacement of the handle during operation of the iron.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevationpartly in section-of a sad iron constructed 1n accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation' and Fig. `3y is anend view of part vof the contact terminal; Fig. Ltis a rear view.. in elevation, and Fig. 5 1s a view'in side elevation, of the contact socket and mounting workin" member in proper operative therefor, and Ei 6 is a bottom plan view of the handle memer.

Referring to the drawings, the sad iron shown comprises a base or working member 1, a suitable electric heater 2 therefor, a clamping plate 3, and a plurality of bolts 4 (only one of which is shown) which hold the clamping plate, heating element and osi tion relative to eachother. The wor ing member 1 is provided with a raised portion 5 on its inner surface which is in'intimate thermal contact with the heater which is preferably of the flat-ribbon type. The base member 1, heater 2, and the clamping plate 3 constitute what may be termed the. body portion of the iron. v

'Two contact terminalsupportingmembers G of substantially U-shape are mounted in a recess 7 which is provided at the rear of the clamping plate 3, and are attached to the platev 3 by means of suitable screws 8, a piece of mica 9 of L-shapev being used to insulate these supportinU members from the plate 3. Contact terminals 10, suitably connected to the ends of the resistor 11 of the heater 2, are secured to the supporting members 6k by means of screws 12. A contact post 13 is suitably secured to the upper leg of the menber 6 and co-operates with a contact socket or plug 14 topermit the heating element to be energized when desired.

A cover member 15 is provided having the samev outline as the working member 1 vand. in contact therewith only at its lower edge. An air space 16 between the cover 15 and the clamping plate 3 operates to restrict the iow of heat to the cover member and insures a relatively thereof. The cover 15 is held against the working member 1 byy means of acentrally located bolt 17 which is screwed into the clamping plate 3. The head of the bolt 17 is provided with an annular groove 18 for a purpose to be hereinafter set forth. On its upper surface, the cover member 15 is provided with two spaced and longitudinally-alined bosses or guiding surfaces low operating temperature 19, each of these surfacesy having a raised municates with the opening 23, the diameter of the opening 24 being slightly larger than the diameter of the head of the bolt 17. The under surface of the supporting stra 22 is provided with two alined and longitu inally-spaced depressions 2 5, which register, and co-operate with, the raised central portions 2() of the bosses 19 to maintain the handle member 21 in its proper operative position on the cover 15.

The contact socket 14 is provided with a metal casing member 26 which has a rearwardly-extending resilient portion 27 of substantially U-Shape. The outer leg of the portion 27 is provided with a longitudinal slot 28, the metal adjacent to the slot 28 being slightly depressed, as best shown in i stud 29 is suitably secured to one leg of the supporting strap 22 and is provided with an annular groove 30, the depth of t-he groove 30 being such as to co-operate with the slot 28 in the member 27 to position the contact plug on the supporting strap 22.

If it is desired to mount the handle member on the sad iron preparatory to using or operating it, this may be done as follows, it being assumed that thehandle member and thev contact plug have been removed from their operative positions. The handle member is placed on the cover member in a position which is angularly displaced from its normal operative position and with the head of the bolt 17 in the opening 24 in the supporting strap 22. The handle member is then moved longitudinally so that the opening 23 will engage the bolt 17 at the annular groove 18, after which thejhandle member is given a slight angular movement until the projections 20 register with the depressions 25 and co-operate therewith to hold the handle member in its operative position on the cover. The relativelocation of the groove. 18 and of the projections 20 in a vertical plane is such that there will be a slight.

downward spring of the supporting strap at the bolt 17, thus providing a resilient mounting for the handle member. The handle member is so mounted on the cover that the stud- 29 is located at the back of the sa'd iron. The contact plug l, 14 may then be placed in its o rative position on the contact posts 13, t e annular groove 30 in the stud 29 fitting into the slot 28 in the resilient projection 27. I thus provide a resilient mounting for the contact plug 14 which, at the same time, operates to prevent displacement of the handle member.

To disassemble the sad iron, the contact socket. is disengaged from the contact terminals 13 and the strap 22, after which the handle member is givena slight rotative movement to disengage the projections 20 from the depression 25. The handle member is then so moved that the opening 24 registers with the head of the bolt 17 `when the handle member may be withdrawn from operative engagement therewith.

'lhe device embodying my invention thus provides an electric sad iron comprising relatively few parts, which may be easily and quickly assembled and disassembled and which provides novel means for maintaining the ielative operative positions of the various parts while in use.

Various modifications may be made in the device without departing from the spirit and sc'ope of my invention, and I desire, therefore, that only such limitations shall be placed thereon as are imposed by the prior art or are specifically set forth. in the apg pended claims.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a sad iron, the combination with a working member, a clamping plate, a heatingr element located between said working member and said clamping plate, and means n for clamping together said working member and said clamping plate, of a cover member for said working member, a handle member, supporting means for said handle member, and a single means for holding said cover member against said working member and for holding said handle-supporting member in operative relation to said cover member.

2. In a sad iron, the combination with a working member, a clamping plate, a heating element located-between said clamping plate and said working member, and means for clamping together said clamping plate and said workin r member, of a cover member for said worliing member. a handle supporting means for said handle, said handle and supporting means being removable from said cover, means for holding said cover member against said working member, and means, integral with said cover member for normally preventing displacement of said handle and said supporting member but permitting the quick removal thereof from said cover by a turning movement thereon.

3. In a sad iron, the combination with a working member, a clamping plate, a heating element located between said working member and said plate and means for clam ing together said working member and said plate, of a cover member for Said Working member, a handle member, Aa supporting stra for said handle, a single means for hol ing said cover member against said working member and for holding said supporting strap in operative relation to said cover member, a terminal device associated with said heating element and said clamping plate, and means associated with said terminal device for preventing displacement of said supporting strap.

4. In an electrically-heated apparatus, the combination with a sad-iron body rtion comprising an electrical heating e ement, contact terminals for said heating element mounted on said body portion, a cover member for said sad-"iron body and means for holding said cover member in o rative relation to said body portion, of a andle member, a supporting strap for said handle, means integral with said cover-holding 'means for holding said strap against said cover member, a contact socket operatively connected to said contact terminals, and means associated with said contact socket for preventing displacement of said supporting strap.

5. In a sad iron, the combination with a working member, a clamping plate,` a heating element located between said plate and said working member, means for clamping. together said working member and said plate, and contact terminals for said heating element supported by said clamping plate, of a cover member for said working member, a quickly detachable handle, a supporting strap or said handle, a bolt for holding said cover in operative relation to said working member and for holding said handle member againstsaid cover, means integral with the cover member for preventing displacement of said stra and a contact socket o eratively connecte to said contact terminais and resiliently mounted on said handle-supporting strap.

6. In an electrically-heated ap aratus, the combination with a sad-iron y comprising an electrical heating element, a top plate and a working member, contact terminals for said heating element mounted on said top plate, a cover member for said sad-iron body and means for holding said cover member in operative relation to said working member, of a removable handle member, a supporting strap for said handle member of substantially U-sha a contact socket cooperating with said contact terminals to energize said heatingv element, and means associated with said contact socket and co-oper- .ating with means on said supporting strap for maintaining the relative operative location of said contact socket and said handle member.

7 In an electrically-heated ap aratus, the combination with a. sad-iron y, a handle' member and a supporting strap of substanf tially U-shape for said handle member, of a `ing projecting therefrom a cover member for said sad-iron body, and means for holdlng said cover member against said sad-iron body andembodying means on iron body, provided on its upper surface with two spaced and alined gulding projections for engaging the depressions in said strap for normally preventing displacement of said handle member, and a single bolt for clamping said cover to said sad-iron body and for co-operating with said depressions and projectlons to prevent displacement of the handle member.

9. In an electrically-heated apparatus, the combination with a sad-iron body, a quickly detachable handle member, and supporting meanstherefor, of a covervmember for said ysad-iron body, means for clamping said cover against said sad-iron body, and means integral with said cover co-operating with said cover clamping means for preventing displacement of said handle member.

10. In an electrically-heated sad iron, the combination with a working member, a clampin plate, an electrical heating element located etween said working member and said clamping plate, means for clamping said plate on said working member, contact terminalsfor said heating element mounted on said clamping plate, a removable handle member and a supporting strap of substantially U-shape for said handle member, of a cover member for said heating element havplurality of. spaced integral surfaces for positioning said supporting strap on said cover, means for,

clamping said cover against said working member and for holdin said strap against said cover, a contact soc et operatively associated with said contact terminals, and means `associated with said contact socket and with said supporting strap for preventing removal of said handle member.

11. In an electrically-heated travelers sad iron, the combination with a sad-iron body portion comprising an electrical heating element, a cover member therefor, and a contact socket operatively associated with said heating element, of a handle for said iron quickly detachable from said cover member, and means associated with'said contact socket for permitting the,| removal of said handle onlyl after the removal of said contact socket.

12. In an electrically-heated travelers sad iron, the combination with a sad-iron body comprising an electric heating element, a u.

cover member for said sad-iron body', means for clamping said cover member on said sadiron body, and a terminal device operatively associated With said heating element, of a quickly removable handle for said iron, embodying means on said cover co-operating with said cover-clamping means 'to hold said removable handle means in operative relation to said iron, and means associated with said terminal device for preventing the displacement of said removable holding means.

13. In an electrically heated sad-iron, the combination with a sad-iron body and a cover member therefor having integral-upwardly extending projections thereon, of a uikly detachable handle stra for the iron aving integral .depressions a apted to engage said cover projections, and a single means for clamping said cover on said body and for causing said co-operatng depressions and n'o'ection's to o eratively engage each other.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my nameI this 5th day of December, 1919. i

HENRY'KREISHELD. 

